"Oh dear horse-heavens! Excuse me, darling. I'm so sorry! Allow me to just squeeze through here — oh for friendship's sake! Move it or lose it! "
Rarity raced through the maze of ponyville, various tools held within her magical grip. Her face was twisted in absolute horror while fear struck her heart for the seventh time that morning. She didn't care about the protesting pony-folk that were too slow to move out of her way. All that mattered was that her friend was in dire need of her help, or so she believed. Regardless, Rarity wasn't going to allow Applejack to do this on her own. At first, she was skeptical of the rumors; rumors of the orange mare planning to ask a special pony out on a date. But after hearing the news for the sixth time, she made it her mission to confront the earth pony herself and help if the rumors were confirmed to be true.
It wasn't long before the view of Sweet Apple Acres began to appear, causing the ivory unicorn to run faster than Pinkie Pie on a sugar rush. Without hesitation, she crashed through the doors of the Apple Family's barn, only to find a dumbstruck Big Mac surrounded by farm supplies scattered in disarray.
"Where is she?" Rarity demanded with wandering eyes.
She wasted no time turning her full attention on the cowering stallion, her blue eyes narrowed accusingly as if Big Mac was the cause of her absent friend. The unicorn's patience began to wear thin as the stallion hesitated to answer her question with his gaze looking past her; most likely staring at the floating cosmetic supplies and colored fabric.
"Uh..."
"I don't have time for this," she said with frustration. "Is she in the farm house?"
"Nope."
"The hen house?"
"Nope."
"She's apple-bucking isn't she?"
"Eeeyup!"
"Which part of the fields?" she said, growing more impatient.
"South fields. But she made it clear she didn't want to be — er disturbed." the poor stallion barely had time to finish as Rarity raced out of the barn with her army of fashion supplies behind her.
After what seemed like hours, she finally spotted the orange mare resting underneath an apple tree with her hat tipped over her face. The steady rise and fall of her chest indicated that her friend was taking a well deserved nap. Rarity halted before Applejack, panting as she gazed upon the sleeping farmer. She had to admit, it was quite the adorable sight, but there was no time for lazying about. Not when there were more important matters to handle.
"Applejack!" Rarity shouted briefly, dropping all her tools behind her.
She watched the mare wake with a jolt; hat sliding from her face and green eyes locking onto her blue gaze. From the looks of it, AJ was waking from a nice dream. Too bad the sight of her and her falling fashion gear made Applejack think she was a living nightmare.
"What in the hay is goin' on here?" AJ said with annoyance laced in her tone.
"I don't know, Applejack. What is going on?" Rarity edged closer to the waking mare with her eyes narrowed and nostrils flared.
She couldn't believe what she was seeing, then again, this was Applejack. She was always belittling everything as if it was another normal day in Sweet Apple Acres. How could she behave so nonchalantly at a time like this? As if sleeping beneath the shade of an apple tree was an appropriate course of action. It was a good thing she was here, only Celestia knows what a wreck AJ would be without her. Rarity was able to catch on to the fact that the earth pony wasn't good mood for another one of her "drama episodes", let alone a guessing game. But that couldn't be helped. She rested her unwavering gaze on the farmer as she dragged herself up on her hooves and spoke.
"I'm not sure what you're getting at," Applejack looked away. "But I do know what's going on right now. And right now, you're interruptin' my nap. Is this here some kind of emergency?"
"Emergency!?" Rarity echoed, widening her eyes in astonishment.
"Yes. Y'know, like evil bad guys threatening to take over Equestria that can only be stopped by the magic of friendship. Another stampede heading for Ponyville. Anything that would require you barging out here to shout my name. Though I can't understand why you'd bring those with you." she nodded towards her supplies, a look of disgust on her face.
"Oh don't you play dumb with me, Applejack. We've known each other for far too long," Rarity frowned. "Since you lack the maturity to drop this, t-this charade, I guess I'll be the pony to say it: what's this I hear about you planning to ask somepony on a date?"
"Gosh, darn it, Pinkie Pie." AJ muttered.
The earth pony instinctively flinched from Rarity's inquiry as she did her best to avoid her blue gaze. Leave it up to the party pony to keep a secret. It was a wonder why she told Pinkie in the first place, but being caught practicing a "wanna date?" proposal gave her no choice but to satisfy Pinkie's curiosity. Otherwise, she would've been stuck with a loud begging nuisance without an off-switch. Shrugging in defeat, Applejack trotted over to her apple cart and fastened herself onto the metal harness.
"Fine, ya caught me. I was gonna ask'em tomorrow once all the chores were done," Applejack began to pull the wagon towards the barn. "But that still doesn't explain why you came running out here like a pony hooked on some special fertilizer."
"Applejack!" Rarity said as she raced after the retreating pony. She wasn't sure how she felt with hearing the news. The fact that her friend didn't trust her enough to say she had a love interest hurt, but at least it was confirmed.
"I'm very disappointed in you, darling. You of all ponies should know I am the perfect pony to seek guidance from when it comes to these things. But no matter! I forgive you," she said with a blossoming smile. "I'm here now, and we have a lot of work to do with so little time. Sweet Celestia! Applejack, the main pony — aside from Rainbowdash of course — who grimaced at the thought of love is about to ask a special somepony out on a date!" The white mare couldn't contain her squeal of delight as she pranced beside the embarrassed farm pony who did well to shoot her annoyed glares.
"Hold your horses, Rarity. I ain't seeking guida-" AJ began but was quickly interrupted as the unicorn rambled on.
"Who is this special somepony, might I ask? Ah, is it that new rough and tumble stallion that moved here a few weeks ago? He is quite the handsome fellow, is he not?"
"No, but th-"
"No wait, it's Caramel! Yes, yes I can see it now! Though he's a bit too rugged for my taste. Oh who am I kidding? This is your taste we're talking about after all"
"We ain't talkin' about no one's tas-"
"Oh goodness! Is it Roseluck? You both certainly share an interest in, um...dirt and it's plant life. The possibilities are endless!"
"Will you stop your guessin' already? It's-"
"You're right, Applejack," Rarity stomped her hoof into the soft soil beneath her, flinching from it's pulpy texture. "We have no time for that! Whoever it is, they are certainly lucky to win your interest. Besides, I simply adore a good love mystery! Now, how do you plan to ask this special pony out?"
"Pardon?" Applejack skidded to a halt, cheeks burning red with a mixture of embarrassment and confusion.
"You did have a plan right?" Rarity inquired coolly as she slowed to a stop. "Dear, surely you won't waltz in their presence with some bland proposal? That is not the way to win one's interest to give you the time of day."
"Well what in tarnation is the way?" AJ retorted.
Rarity failed to notice the sarcasm within her friend's tone, because as soon as those words left Applejack's lips, she tackled the farm pony to the ground. Alas, this was her moment to guide Applejack on the path to romance!
"Oh Applejack, darling! Allow me to show you the way!"
Oh the comedy that will result in this. You my good writer deserve one of these:
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Aha, thank you. I wanted to work on something purely for entertainment. Though I'm not a good writer...yet!
7157363 Hey, if you make a good chapter than you're a good writer. And this is definitely a good chapter.
I see potential. This pairing's always good for a laugh. That's why I like it so much.
*chuckles* Poor AJ. The Romance Menace (AKA Rarity) is on the case.
(Or in this case, on poor Applejack's case.)
Too bad she (Rares) doesn't have sense enough to let her friends handle their own dates and romantic entanglements.
I'll be watching this to see what happens next.
On another note, though:
Please, please, please, please tell me it's not Rarity that AJ's planning on asking out on a date! RariJack is the one ship that I hate more than I hate Starlight Glimmer, Spoiled Rich, Discord and King Sombra all rolled into one!
I'm hoping that she was planning on asking Rainbow out.
Just have to wait and see, I guess.
Still, hated ship or not, WhiteDiamond's AJ/Rarity art is adorable!
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Thank you! Rarijack is a ship I typically enjoy as well as Appledash. But my fav ship of all time will always be Sombra xx Fluttershy and Twilight xx Sunset shimmer (aren't I a peach?)
Second chapter will be released sooner than expected and as far as your predictions: I think we all know what's coming. I'm mostly doing lighthearted mainstream stuff to practice for my original story I have in the works: A curse we call love
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Right? I enjoy their interactions more than anything. It's lighthearted and comical. I think I might do another one with Discord and Twilight next lol
7159458 You're welcome!
And AppleDash is my OTP. Always has been, always will be.
But to each their own, I guess.
And yes. Yes, you are.
Okay, cool.
And indeed.
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It's fine to ship AppleDash, but can someone please explain to me why I see that overwhelming hatred for Rarijack (and to a lesser extent FlutterDash) from AppleDashers? I don't see that with any other opposing ships in this fandom or from Rarijackers themselves even. It's honestly kind of soured me on the ship cause they are the only group of shippers I really see much overt hostility for other ships from (though I personally always perfered Rarijack and RariDash).
If it's about how AppleDash has seemingly lost a lot of ground to Rarijack and other ships you really shouldn't be surprised, Rarijack gets a lot more fresh fuel while AppleDash has basically been running entirely off Fan fics for a few years now.
7159735 Well, speaking just for myself, I don't hate it that much; I just have a hard time seeing AJ and Rarity together, is all.
I think you've underestimated gardening.
I actually found this on the RariJack stories. Though it can still go any other way Even though I prefer RariJack above all else as seen in my prof pic Fingers crossed though. I've read a few books which are interactive in a way where one can decode a clues and as such. And from my experience, I think I just decoded yours ;P . But then again, some clues can be misleading . So I'll just toon in on this .
7159735 Hostility you say? It may have to do with how other ppl treat us. Well, treat our ship to be more specific.
It's just as simple as that. You have your ships while we have ours. We see potential in something which others don't. Kinda reminds me...